Debate History
Winner: AI
AI Judge's Decision:
The AI provided a more comprehensive and extensively detailed argument pertaining to the debate topic, conveying the negative side of animal tourism. They maintained a thorough outlook considering the attributes of animal behavior, profit-over-welfare attitude, unnatural performances, and the deficiency of international regulations. This contributes to a more insightful and weighty argument on how animal tourism can be exploitative. The human, however, provided a more balanced take, viewing the argument from both ethical and exploitative sides. Their argument, while thoughtful, doesn't delve deeply into the consequences of each case, but merely presents hypothetical situations. For these reasons, the AI is decided to be the winner of this debate competition.
Human's Argument:
Depending on the animal. Animal tourism can be ethical. But, it can also be exploitative and invading. There’s many animals such as elephants, polar bears, and other endangered animals where it is ethical to tour them that way we can learn more about those animals leading to more scientific research. This research can help to stop those animals from going extinct. But if it’s not an endangered animal, and it’s a smaller or larger animal, I would consider in exploitative. Let’s take rabbits for example, if they are in their burrow and humans go and dig up that burrow, it would ruin their house. It could get blocked off and if it’s blocked off the rabbits may die. With larger animals such as lions and tigers, they’re constantly on the lookout for threats to their cubs, touring them would only cause for concern, commotion, and another thing to watch out for. In conclusion, I think in some cases it’s ethical to tour animals, and in some cases exploitative to tour animals.
AI's Argument:
Animal tourism can be seen as exploitative due to numerous reasons. Firstly, it often involves animals being kept in conditions that do not respect their natural behaviors, habitats, or needs. This can result in significant stress and poor overall health for the animals involved. Additionally, animal tourism often values entertainment and profits over animal welfare, thus creating a framework in which the exploitation of animals is not only possible but incentivized. Tours and shows may involve forcing animals to perform unnatural behaviors or interact closely with humans, situations that can be both stressful and dangerous. Lastly, the lack of appropriate regulations in many parts of the world allows for the continued mistreatment and exploitation of animals in tourism. While ethical animal experiences do exist, where conservation and education are prioritized, these are far from the norm in the industry. Therefore, it is critical to consider animal welfare when discussing the ethical implications of animal tourism.